Griggs courier., 1887-07-22
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.


EVENTS OF THE WEEK. B
asomeStac News ,gis ias3 ais
Out Of sS cases Of Yellow fever, &C Key.
West, Fla, "a deaths had occurred on the
1lth. ~ ai n 81, ss M
Earthquake tremors were felt in different
points Of lower South Carolina, Sunday
afternoon. 4s bt a.
The New York City directory was issued
Monday, containing ss4,S ,Sls names, indica-
ting l,6Oo, 900 population @
The business failures during the last seven
days number for the United States 149; for
Canada, so; total, 179, compared with 154
last week and 18S for the corresponding
week Of last year. ~.
July 18th was the hottest day Of the sum
mer throughout the United States The
highest temperature was at Fort Sully,
OAK, lO2, the lowest at Duluth, Minn.,. IS,
and through the central and southern states
the range was IS to NB I, Sii Iowa.
Wisconsin and central and southern Mir
nesota come within the range OF these
figures. At st. Paul, it was 93, signal SER
vice standard. 5s
The Signal Service reports that during the
week ending July 9 the weather has been
warmer than usual generally throughout
the Northern states and on the Pacific coast,
the average daily excess being about 3 deg
from New England westward to the upper
Mississippi valley and about deg on the
Pacific coast. 1t was cooler than usual
throughout thu Southern stat 8, and in the
cotton region the daily average was about
8 deg. below the normal.
The hot wave last week was unusual and
severe. Dubuque, Iowa, reported the 10th,
the hottest day there in 20 years, the gov
ernment record being 80; Lacrosse, Wis,
9s, bel. 6 the hottest day but one in Is years,
one death h. OCCURRED from sun;stroke; Black
Ia, 9S, practically suspending outdoor
work; Milwaukee, Wis, 1OO, and twenty
cases of sun Ike, including three deaths,
and the day said to be the hottest in the his
tory OF the city.
The disaster to the sloop Mystery was
caused by the action of Captain Hendrick-
son, (who was last) in crowding on sail
recklessly for the purpose of endeavoring to
out-sail the sloop Christina. He was re-
monstrated with but declared that he could
sail the Mystery through gale, and persist
ed in his order for more sail. The reef knots
were unfastened and the boom dropped
just as q squau OF considerable violence
struck the sail. In q second she was on
beam ends and all the people were strug-
Cling in the choppy sea.
It is telegraphed that orders have been re-
ceived at San Francisco, California, show
ing that the Pacific squadron of United
States men-0f-war has been ordered tu rem
Alert, four guns, now at Caliao, Peru; Ju-
niata, eight guns, at Panama. and the flag
ship Vandalia, eight guns, which has al
ready sailed from Peru. The Iriquois has
been ordered for repairs before sailing. The
Asiatic squadron, consisting of six men-ot-
war, will be ordered to Honolulu IL found
necessary. u---H
In the case Of w. I. Trenholm, the com p
troller OF the currency, against the Fidelity
National bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, and its
directors and officers to forfeit the charter
Of the bank, decree was agreed on by all
the parties which dismiss.S the action
against the directors and officers, but finds
that the bank had violated the banking
laws Of the United States in diverse ways
This action puts all the assets of the late
bank into the hands of the receiver, Mr..
Armstrong, and dissolves all the attach
ments on its property made since the bank
Yves seized by the government.
The Chicago farmers Review crop re
port for the week say: The reports on the
condition Of spring wheat are quite uniform
from Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa
and Wisconsin The lowest percentage of
condition as compared with an average
crop is 10 from Nebraska. and the highest
.7S, from Wisconsin The spring wheat is
rapidly approaching maturity, and now, in
spite OF the drouth and insect injury, gives
promise OF about three-fourths Of an aver
age crop. The same condition will very
nearly apply to the condition and prospect.
i've yield OF oats. The conditions Of drouth
and heat have favored the development of
injurious insects, and to those two causes
can be attributed the loss of fully 25 per cent.
OF the crops OF spring grain. Corn is gen
orally in a very promising condition and
fully two weeks ahead of the season. r7a
On the 14th, Jacob Sharp was sentenced at
York to four years at Sing Sing and fined
$500. He was very weak when brought in
to court and was half led and half carried
when removed from court.
At Frankfort, KY, shortage Of $4,000
gallons of whiskey has been found by reve-
nue. agents in the bonded warehouses of the
E. H. Taylor, Jr., Distillery company. 1t
is claimed that the shortage could not have
been caused by leakage, but was stolen.
The proprietors will lose $75 90.
General Manager Hayes, of the Wabash
railway, when en- route from Chicago, was
attacked while asleep in his private car
Monday night, by an unknown man who, at
pistols points. robbed the magnate of his
valuables. After knocking down the por.
ter the robber jumped from the train and
escaped.
Joseph Gruenhut. prominent socialist Of
Chicago. ASSERTS that he has IL on undeniahle